Link Dump – Feb 2014

A few months ago, I discovered Raymond Chen‘s occasional Link Clearance posts. I decided I’m going to do a similar style post once in a while, to clean out the ever-growing stash of “must-read!” bookmarks.

Luftrausers – Rezzed 2013 Developer Sessions (youtube link) – Amazing semi-biographical presentation by the guys from Vlambeer (a small two-man indie games shop, responsible for hits such as Super Crate Box and Rediculous Fishing). About an hour long, completely worth it for the 10 minutes or so where they show many successive iterative builds of a game.

Indie Game: The Movie – A documentary about several prominent small indie game development shops, a must see for anyone with a development or creative background. It’s more than that though, it’s about the creative process, about trying something on your own, and all the ups and downs that come along with the process. I highly recommend watching it with your spouse – just watching it explains so much to your spouse that’s so often nigh-impossible for creative introverts to put into words. Exciting, touching, and heart-breaking, all at once. It’s available to stream on Netflix.

Last, but perhaps the most interesting read is this archived blog entry from one of my favorite musicians, Matthew Good. A few years back he released an incredible album titled “Hospital Music” – shortly after resolving a long-life mystery-filled struggle with mental illness. The blog entry is all-at-once poignant, interesting, intensely personal, and educational. A must read, if you ask me.

^^^ A video swiped from the top of a recent Matt Good post: And What Now?.

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Jason Baker is a software engineer. He works on enterprise infrastructure for big companies. He also enjoys creating smaller scale software products and scripts in his spare time.